SEND Caseworker

** Job Description

Summary:

** There are 6 positions available - 5 Full Time, Permanent and 1 Full Time, Fixed Term up to one year to cover maternity leave.
Proposed Interview Dates: 18th, 19th & 20th November 2026.
If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or caution/s are considered “protected” in line with filtering rules for DBS checks.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Annie Wilson on  or  or Sarah Harrowing on  or s    ROLE AND PURPOSE    To provide a proactive casework management and service that is responsive, and customer focussed, for children, young people and their families with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and in accordance with the requirements of the Children & Families Act 2014 and SEN Code of Practice 2015.
To co-ordinate, facilitate and process the statutory Education Health and Care (EHC) process for all agreed EHC assessments, liaising and interfacing throughout with families, young people and professionals as required to ensure and maintain good multi-agency working.
To facilitate and co-ordinate the statutory EHC annual review process.
Draft statutory Education Health & Care plans (EHCP) for children and young people as a result of EHC needs assessments or annual review amendments.
To ensure that children and young people have appropriate support, resources and placements in schools or other educational settings to enable them to achieve positive learning and developmental outcomes.
To facilitate and engage in partnership working to agree solutions to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in a creative and outcome focused way.
To ensure effective co-production, co-planning and collaborative working takes place with parents, young people, and other professionals.
To ensure effective arrangements are in place for young adults with high needs to transition into adulthood.
To maintain electronic and paper records in accordance with service standards ensuring accurate case recording of all aspects of the EHC process.
The post holder will need to work city wide, under pressure managing conflicting priorities within tight timescales and speedily making decisions on complex and challenging cases.
** PRINCIPAL

ACCOUNTABILITIES :
** 1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people acting as the person responsible to co-ordinate support throughout the SEND process to ensure that good outcomes are achieved and to progress safeguarding concerns in line with policy and procedure.
2. To manage a defined EHC caseload facilitating and coordinating the EHC assessment and review process for children and young people (0–25-year-olds) within statutory timescales, including where appropriate, the planning for a young person’s transition to adult life. This may include complex cases where there are profound and multiple disabilities or where children are subject to child protection proceedings or are looked after by the local authority.
3. To work in partnership with children, young people, families and professional agencies from education, health, social care and the third sector, through constructing initial drafts to producing final EHCP’s which are led by the child or young person’s needs to achieve stated objectives and aspirations.
4. As part of the review process, agree amendments to plans against evidenced changes and, where indicated, identify if a plan should be discontinued.
5. Through supervision processes alert management to any issues that could impact on the service or personal performance.
6. Work in partnership with parents and ensure that children, young people and their…